Professional Diploma in Children’s Services (Education Welfare)

1. Professional Diplomain Children’s Services (Education Welfare) Presentation for Conference The Higher Education Role in Integrated Children’s Services: Preparing Tomorrow’s Professionals

2. Why • History • Government requirements • Market

3. What • Academic and professional development • Common core • NVQ Learning Development and Support Services for children, young people and their families and carers

4. Designing a curriculum – academic and professional • Role, remit and responsibilities of the Education Welfare Officer • 40 credits

5. Designing a curriculum – common core • Effective communication with children and families • Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children • Managing change and supporting transitions • Multi-agency working • Sharing information • Child and young person development

6. Designing a curriculum - Underpinning knowledge for the NVQ4 - Learning development and support services for children Mandatory UnitsUnit 23 Promote and maximise educational opportunities…Unit 26 Ensure personal safety and securityUnit 28 Evaluate risk of abuse..Unit 29 Evaluate and develop own contribution to the serviceUnit 30 Develop interactions with clientsUnit 31 Develop and sustain arrangements for joint working…EWO pathway unitsUnit 32 Initiate legal action and enforcement against families and carers in relation to attendanceUnit 33 Work with others to develop and implement strategies to improve attendanceOptional UnitsUnit 13 Make use of supervisionUnit 36 Manage a case load Unit 55 Establish, sustain and disengage from relationships with children, young people and their families

7. How • Modules • Assessment • Delivery

8. Modules Module 1:Role, remit and responsibilities of the Education Welfare Officer Module 2: Child and young person development Module 3: Effective communication and engagement Module 4: Managing information and information systems Module 5: Multi-agency working Module 6: Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the child Module 7: Managing change and supporting transitions

9. Programme content: summary

10. When • Induction: happened on 30 November 2006 • Start of programme: 11 January 2007

11. WHO else is involved? • 14 students enrolled, all sponsored by the East Midlands Consortium of Education Welfare Managers • Stimulating Innovation for Success (SIS) • Children’s Workforce Development Council

12. Service-Focused Collaborative Evaluation • Collaboration between NTU, the East Midlands consortium of Education Welfare Managers and students • Baseline 360 degree appraisal and personal benefit matrix for students • Critical Success Factors and service-focused assignments for managers • NTU expects to use findings for marketing and publicity

13. Children’s Workforce Development Council • East Midlands Consortium of Education Welfare Managers project • APEL project • NASWE’s project

14. Validation • Happened on 1 November 2006 • Received 5 commendations: • Team’s close partnership working with East Midland’s consortium, including the Service-Focused Collaborative Evaluation • Team’s response to requirements of the national workforce development agenda: an anticipatory, pro-active and forward looking approach • Good alignment of programme to University’s guidance for professional diplomas • Diversity of teaching and learning • Team’s successful attainment of SIS and CWDC funding

15. So far: • 14 students now working through the last module • Issues concerning workload